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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ver Cingeto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kennedy Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Folsom Prison Blues cover by Everlast kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
18 - 4 - 0 |
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212 lbs
19 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ver Cingeto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kennedy Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Michaels just misses with a punch to the body.
Cingeto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Michaels.
Cingeto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels scoring well with a low kick there.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch but Cingeto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cingeto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Michaelss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Michaels jabs Cingeto right on the nose. Cingeto blinks but takes it well.
Michaels cracks Cingeto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Michaels misses with a body kick.
Cingeto misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cingeto just misses with a punch to the body.
Cingeto connects with a jab.
Cingeto fails with the takedown.
Cingeto misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a series of wild punches.
Cingeto throws a jab when Michaels was well out of range.
Cingeto shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Cingeto is looking for a kimura but Michaels is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cingeto to get the leverage.
Michaels has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cingeto is working away from the top position though.
Michaels moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cingeto trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Michaels wants to stand and escape but Cingeto is having none of it.
Cingeto being controlled here momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto is in close to Michaels's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cingeto scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cingeto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Michaels swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Michaels wants to stand and escape but Cingeto is having none of it.
Cingeto wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Michaels avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cingeto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cingeto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cingeto preventing the sweep.
Cingeto slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cingeto is looking to work some ground and pound but Michaels has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto advances to half guard.
Cingeto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Michaels is trying to stand.
Cingeto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Michaels's head.
Michaels is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cingeto is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Michaels is looking to escape.
The fighters are battling for position here. Michaels manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Michaels is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cingeto is controlling him.
Cingeto with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto scoring with some ground and pound.
Cingeto trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cingeto wants to pass the guard but Michaels is keeping the position.
Michaels is controlling Cingeto's posture.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cingeto lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Michaels is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cingeto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cingeto throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michaels avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cingeto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Michaels is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ver Cingeto dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Michaels gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cingeto.
Michaels throws the left hand but Cingeto avoids the punch easily.
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Michaels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cingeto.
The crowd cheers as Michaels lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cingeto doesn't seem phased though.
Michaels listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Michaels throws a right hand that misses
and Cingeto decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Michaels's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cingeto's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cingeto preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels pulls Cingeto in to control the position.
Michaels keeping moving, preventing Cingeto from controlling successfully.
Cingeto won't allow Michaels to sweep him here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cingeto scores with the left hand. Michaels knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a lunging right hand
and Cingeto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cingeto misses the jab.
Cingeto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cingeto swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.
Cingeto throws a hook but Michaels avoids it easily.
Cingeto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michaels.
Cingeto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Michaels feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cingeto's calf.
Cingeto throws a jab but it's blocked by Michaels.
Michaels throws a front kick aimed at Cingeto's knee but Cingeto avoids it well.
Michaels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cingeto.
Cingeto lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cingeto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cingeto was well out of range. Poor timing from Michaels.
Michaels takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cingeto misses with a body shot.
Michaels slaps away a takedown attempt from Cingeto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Michaels waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cingeto.
Cingeto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cingeto stuns Michaels with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kennedy Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Cingeto is just out of range.
Cingeto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ver Cingeto is winning the standup battle so far.
Cingeto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Michaels to score with a decent uppercut.
Cingeto slips a straight right by Michaels.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cingeto throws a jab but it's blocked by Michaels.
Cingeto stuns Michaels with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Michaels is looking to clinch.
Cingeto throws a right and a left that Michaels avoids nicely.
Michaels tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cingeto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Michaels cracks Cingeto with an open hand slap.
A clash of legs there as Cingeto blocks the low kick.
Cingeto scores with a body shot.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michaels connects with a body shot.
Cingeto looks to throw the jab but Michaels is out of range.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cingeto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cingeto takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cingeto misses with a body shot.
Michaels throws a head kick that half lands.
Cingeto throws a looping overhand right but Michaels ducks down to avoid it.
Cingeto throws a series of punches but Michaels avoids them all with ease.
Cingeto fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ver Cingeto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big left from Cingeto misses.
A punch combination from Cingeto misses.
Cingeto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Michaels as he jumps to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cingeto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michaels fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cingeto on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ver Cingeto will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Michaels thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cingeto if he has to take too many more of those.
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cingeto throws a jab but it's blocked by Michaels.
Michaels throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Michaels.
Michaels throws a nice inside leg kick.
Michaels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Michaels is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michaels tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cingeto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cingeto scores with a nice head shot.
Michaels doesn't manage to clinch there - Cingeto circles away.
Cingeto digs a good hook to Michaels's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cingeto lands a nice shot to the body.
Cingeto works Michaels's body with a nice hook.
Michaels takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Michaels misses with a hook.
Cingeto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Cingeto.
Michaels misses with a hook.
Cingeto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Michaels.
Michaels tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cingeto is able to avoid easily.
Michaels lands with a good body shot.
Cingeto jabs at Michaels's body.
Cingeto blocks a head kick by Michaels.
Cingeto works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Cingeto is just out of range.
A clash of legs there as Cingeto blocks the low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cingeto throws a hook but Michaels avoids it easily.
Cingeto shoots for a takedown but Michaels saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cingeto lands with a nice body punch.
Michaels looks to throw the jab but Cingeto is out of range.
Cingeto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cingeto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
Cingeto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michaels.
Michaels waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cingeto.
Cingeto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto avoids the body shot from Michaels.
Cingeto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kennedy Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cingeto defending well as Michaels loads up on a big left hand.
Cingeto works over Michaels's head and body with a nice combination.
A big right from Cingeto misses.
Cingeto lands the left hand.
Michaels stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Michaels wants it to stay on the feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Michaels.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
Michaels lands a lovely overhand right.
Cingeto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cingeto misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels slips a jab and a cross from Cingeto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michaels misses with a looping right.
Michaels throws a wild body kick that Cingeto sees coming a mile off.
Cingeto feints a jab promting Michaels to slip. Cingeto then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Michaels slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Cingeto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ver Cingeto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cingeto throws a hook but Michaels avoids it easily.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michaels tests Cingeto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ver Cingeto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cingeto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ver Cingeto!
Ver Cingeto thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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